 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1836 - 772 pages
...their inquiry, by a charge from the judge, who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them...prosecutor ; and they are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution : the finding of an indictment being only in the nature of an inquiry or... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...They are instructed by the court in the matters pertaining to their enquiries, and then withdraw to receive indictments, which are preferred to them, in the name of the state, but at the suit of a private prosecutor. * After an examination, such of the bills as are found... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...of their inquiry, by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them...prosecutor; and they are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution ; for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...previously instructed in the articles of their inquiry by a charge from the judge. They then withdraw to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them in the name of the queen, but at the suit of any private prosecutor ; and they are only to hear evidence on the part of... | |
 | George Bowyer - Constitutional law - 1841 - 742 pages
...articles of their inquiry, by a charge of the judge who presides on the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them in the name of the queen, but at the suit of any private prosecutor ; and they are only to hear evidence on behalf of... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...inquiry, by the justice who presides on the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments; and they are only to hear evidence on the part of the prosecution : for the finding an indictment is merely in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterward... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...then withdravv to sit, and receive indictments which arc preferred to them in the name of the Queen, but at the suit of any private prosecutor, and they...only to hear evidence on the part of the prosecution : for the finding of an indictment (Л1Л С 279 ) GRE is only in the nature of an enquiry or accusation,... | |
 | Law - 1858 - 488 pages
...not more than twenty-three (2 Hale's PC 161). The grand jury, after being charged, withdraw to sit and receive indictments which are preferred to them...the king, but at the suit of any private prosecutor ; they are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution, for the finding of an indictment is... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1863 - 770 pages
...of their inquiry, by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them] in the name of the Queen, [but at the suit of any private prosecutor : and they are only to hear evidence on behalf of... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...articles of their inquiry by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw to receive indictments, which are preferred to them in the name of the sovereign, but at the suit of any private prosecutor ; and they are only to hear evidence on behalf... | |
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This grand jury are previously instructed in the articles of their inquiry, by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them in the name of the king, but at the suit... 
